The entire cricketing fraternity is galvanized as Shane Warne recently made an announcement about his collaboration with Indian legend Sachin Tendulkar. The intention behind the collaboration between the two icons has been the inception of a T20 League meant for retired cricketers who have previously been legends of the game.
The announcement was met with positive views and the stakeholders of the game are pretty optimistic about further details. The T20 League will be played in offshore cricket markets such as Chicago in the United States of America. This will mean that the residents of USA will get an opportunity to watch live cricket action which involves legends.
A lot of emphasis was given to the player details of this league. As per the reports sneaking in, the following cricketers from the following nations have been approached –
INDIA:
Sachin Tendulkar, Rahul Dravid, Sourav Ganguly, Anil Kumble, VVS Laxman
AUSTRALIA:
Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist, Shane Warne, Brett Lee
ENGLAND:
Andrew Flintoff, Michael Vaughan
PAKISTAN:
Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Shoaib Akhtar, Shahid Afridi (Could be approached)
WEST INDIES:
Brian Lara (Already signed up)
SOUTH AFRICA:
Jacques Kallis, Allan Donald, Lance Klusener
SRI LANKA:
Muttiah Murlitharan, Mahela Jayawerdene, Kumar Sangakkara